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Bloody hell, that was quick! Only four casting releases for Jan and Feb 2018, revisiting templates already produced and creating variants. I am interested in the Police Crown estate but would prefer to see it stock as opposed to in Police livery. The stock estate is fine, but I see no huge variation from the…

Vellfire – sounds like some manner of military grade weaponry to me. But Japanese car makers have a habit of making names for their people carriers that sound outrageous. I have to admit, I am a huge fan of JDM people carriers and I cannot get enough of them. Voxy, Noah, Elgrand – all of…

I will be getting to these in a bit, but time is being taken up with other things at the moment. You can notice the difference on the R35 between this one and the older one. Musings to follow. #july #diecast order from #japan via #japanbooster. will be #musing about them shortly via keefydblog.wordpress.com #jdm…

I am very pleased with this one. I have been waiting for ages for more new moulds in JDM from TLV and this fits the bill. It was a car I used to see on a regular basis out and about and I am chuffed that they wanted to create this. One definitely to add…

The Honda N-Box is a kei car produced by Honda for the Japanese market. Together with the Honda N-One, it is part of a renewed lineup of Kei class city cars. The use of the letter “N” in the name was previously used by Honda for the late 1960s and 1970s Honda N360. Gotta love these boxy JDM’s. They typify the quirkyness of…

For some reason the Matchbox version of the WRX just looks at little cartoonish to me…….the proportions don’t look right. I am glad to see this as an inclusion, but could they have done a better job? However, where Tomica comes into its own is by producing properly proportioned cars to a scale and that…

Nissan revived the Cima nameplate as the long wheelbase version of the Nissan Fuga Hybrid. Instead of a V8 engine, the new Cima is now a hybrid sedan equipped with the 3.5L V6 hybrid VQ engine with maximum power of 225 kW(306PS)/6800rpm and maximum torque of 350N•m(35.7kgf•m)/5000rpm) with an advanced ‘HM34’ electric motor with maximum power…

With the demise of the Vanguards brand, there is not a lot left in terms of classic British cars that I am able to add to the Garage. So I have opted for what one could call a hybrid. This Isuzu is actually based on the Hillman Minx and was made under license in Japan.…

Latest batch in from Japan – the tossers at Swiss customs weren’t exactly careful with opening up the box either, but thankfully too stupid enough not to open the models. I have to say the Gloria is wonderful! Musings and photos to follow shortly. #Result! Just arrived today – the #Gloria in first glance is…

Ok, I don’t get Kyosho 1/64 as a rule, as I just do not believe the quality is all that, but sometimes, you just have to do what you need to do. I am not sure if Tomica will ever re-create the Nismo 400R, and from what I understand getting hold of the Kyosho model…